Improvement in corset skirt-supporters



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LAVINIA` H. FOY, OF W'ORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET SKIRT-SUPPORTERS. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No'. 39,910. dated September 15, 1:563.

i'o @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit kuogvn that I. LAVINIA H. For, ofthe city and county' of Worcester, and State oi Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset Skirt-Supporters; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a front View of my improved corset skirt-suplmrter. Fig'. 2 reoreY sents a section on line A l, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents detached parts.

In the drawing-s, A represents the piece of' cloth which forms the main or body part ot' the article. It is cut whole, or out of one piece of cloth, curved and Haring' a little at the top, as seen at u` a, in order to give in part the required fullness, while the bottoni is cut with curved projecting corners a. a', for the purpose ot' producing' the desired form in front, as seen at H H. Slits b b are cut in the. top part, and ,gores c c inserted in front part, to obtain the proper form for the bosom. The bottom part is also slitted, as seen at d (l d. and gores cfg inserted to t'orm the projecting rim B. The gores ou each side are ot' differ ent sizes, 1n order to give the required forui.

The waist is provided in front with Whalebones, and laced or otherwise fastened. The straps O O are cut to t the shoulders, and, beingmade in part of elastic material, as seen at h h, are worn Willi ease. The gores at the bottom beingr properly arranged and stitched in, the lower part is caused to project out in a horizontal position, and the outer edge of the horizontal part is retained in form by a hoop, l), which is ot' great service in relieving the body ot' the uncomfortable feeling usually caused by the tightness and weightol clothing, and also direetl \y promotes health.

lla ving' deHi'ibed my improvements, What I claim', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ls-

Foi ming the ri'ni B of a corset skirt-supporter from the bottom part of the piece A, in combination with the use and employment of ,fr re-piecrs e f g ot' different sizes, substantiall as shown and described.

2. 'lliecombination,with the peculiar-formed piece A, of the gore pieces e fg and c o, when located as shown and described, and for the purposes stated. v

LAVIN IA H. FOY. \Vitnesses r y JAMES H. BANcRoF'r, A. B. MoERiLL. 

